06 Mar 1916
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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1916
Page
1
A Cleveland mayor Baker was chosen by President Wilson for secretary of war, with confirmation to follow in the Senate. Reported details say Baker, a Western lawyer, may bring sympathy to Wilson's policies and join Colonel Howe in the administration.
A wartime committee calls for government aid to ban importation of nonessential goods and to direct all spending to essentials. It urges limiting flour coal and minerals, and notes rail passenger service from Petrograd to Moscow will halt for a week. It also backs higher water taxes to fund the war effort.
A London dispatch reports twelve killed and thirty three injured in a recent air raid. The clash involved German raiders attacking British targets near Verdun and the Ypres front, with British and Allied ships sustaining damage while several cargo vessels were sunk or damaged.
Street chatter centers on Washington Street as clerks and officials face pressure from residents and business groups. Citizens seek decisive action on ongoing street improvements and governance follow-ups amid mounting concerns over project delays.
Washington marchers and government clerks press a direct appeal to Representatives Dennitt and Taroot as Republica lawmakers and committee members debate the Metamors resolution amid widespread strike impacts. A large turnout disrupts daily transit with few cars running and streetcar workers demanding higher wages.
Washington March 6 The house rules committee will bring tomorrow a four hour rule for debate on the Melamore warning resolution. The measure is placed in parliamentary position with administration leaders confident they can pass it. Representative Bailey of Pennsylvania has united twenty congressmen who back the warning resolution and oppose preparedness. Included are James Slayden and others in Canewer etas.
A garbled report describes a fire damaging several railroad grain elevators and wheat stored there. The text mentions a large loss and a disaster at a Peoria area facility with references to March and an Anointed presiding group, though many words are unclear.
A parliamentary committee investigating wage and money leakage to the public purse traced ammunition sent to the front. Members followed earthworks from Vincennes to the trenches, failing to locate the source until the general finally explained it was mere storage for the last year. Minister Thomas ordered further inquiries at the front. The savings total about a million.
Colonel M House returned from Europe as a special envoy to President Wilson and conferred with the president about his mission. He declined to discuss diplomatic questions. The administration expressed no prospects for a European settlement improving within a year. In Fort Worth Texas prominent state official W P Lane died in the morning after long illness. Lane, former comptroller candidate, had a dramatic political career and was defeated by Jett Mee.
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